Ellen DeGeneres Honors Stephen “tWitch” Boss One Year After His Passing

A year after losing Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen DeGeneres took a moment to publicly remember the man who had become one of the most important people in her life.

On the first anniversary of his death, she shared a video online filled with clips from their years together on her show — dance moments, laughter, the kind of effortless chemistry that audiences fell in love with from the very beginning. Her message was simple and heartbroken. She said she missed him in ways she couldn’t fully put into words, and that his light was something everyone around him could feel.

tWitch was 40 years old when he died. To most people he was the endlessly talented dancer and DJ who lit up every room he walked into. To those who worked alongside him he was also a co-executive producer, a creative force, and a genuinely good person who made the people around him better at what they did.

For Ellen specifically he was something beyond a colleague. Their friendship was visible in every shared moment on camera — the kind of bond that doesn’t need to be explained because anyone watching could already feel it.

His death sent a wave of grief through the entertainment world and far beyond it. But tributes like Ellen’s serve as a reminder that the people who bring that kind of warmth into the world don’t simply disappear. They leave something behind in everyone they touched.

tWitch’s joy, his talent, and the way he moved through life continue to resonate — not just for those who knew him personally, but for the millions who simply got to watch him be himself.